Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cooperation between Washington and Moscow have dimmed perceptibly since their hot-line harmony of two weeks ago. The Russians, having lost the better part of their $2 billion, decade-long military investment in the Moslem world, also saw their prestige plummet to an all-time low among the Arab states (see THE WORLD). Determined to recoup their psychological loss at least, Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin and his colleagues at this week's emergency meeting of the U.N. General Assembly faced the difficult task of inveighing against a fait accompli-Israel's shattering territorial gains. Backed into that corner...
Clearly, if such a meeting were to take place-let alone get anywhere-Kosygin would have to demonstrate a remarkable degree of flexibility and reasonableness in his advocacy of the Arab cause before the U.N. and millions of U.S. televiewers. Though his Moslem clients would hardly relish a restrained stance by Moscow, they should be well aware by now that the task of constructing a peaceful Middle East is as far beyond their own means as have been their military efforts over the past decade. A just settlement of the ancient feud between Arab and Jew will not be easy...
...Arab-Israeli conflict reverted to a war of words, Washington set out belatedly to formulate U.S. policy for a Middle East that had been transformed almost beyond recognition in a week of fighting. No fewer than four official panels, including a Cabinet-level subcommittee of the National Security Council, met daily to study the issues. To an astonishing degree, they were breaking fresh ground. For the fact is that until the crisis erupted, the U.S. had no Mideastern policy or contingency plan worthy of the name...
...crucial months, beginning last October, the post of Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs was unfilled. During the three months immediately preceding the war, not one U.S. official spoke with United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser. U.S. Charge d'Affaires David G. Nes reported from Cairo that trouble was brewing, but later complained that Washington ignored his warnings and branded him an alarmist. Top-level responsibility for the Middle East was bucked from official to official. Nicholas Katzenbach looked into Washington's policy when he became Under Secretary last September, quickly passed...
...frustrated by the arabesque of politics in the Middle East, where the losers, sounding as if they were inspired by hashish as well as hubris, managed to talk like winners. Even in the past, Washington had limited leverage in the region. Now, in the face of Israeli distrust and Arab hatred-fanned by Nasser's face-saving lie about U.S. and British intervention on Israel's behalf-its influence is virtually nonexistent...